When I started this blog, I set out to photograph three animals:
1. A water vole - As seen in most of the posts on this blog 2. A kingfisher - something I have failed to do this year, all pictures have been utterly miserable. 3. A muntjac deer - And at last I got a picture Unfortunately, due to a combination of poor light and even poorer photography skills, the picture is rather poor. But as it's only the fifth one I've seen in Abingdon in three years I thought I would stick it on the blog.
I'm not sure if it is the same water shrew (but it is in the same area and I understand they are territorial), but today provided another opportunity to watch it. This time I took a short film, which shows how fast they can move
The oviposter is used to lay an egg onto a grub, which is then consumed when the egg hatches. Which may explan it's scientific name 'persuasive burglar'
